Money power
"So, Mr. Si also came to the beach today?" Gao Huixin asked with great interest, her eyes sparkling with gossip.
Si Cheng is a well-known workaholic who spends most of his weekends at the company. How could he possibly be at a resort beach?
Is there anything she doesn't know?
By this time, everyone had come ashore, and the harvested seafood had been cleaned up. They were having a barbecue party in the spacious courtyard of Su Wanwan's villa.
"Play?" Jin Yuxi, who had been staring at the grill and swallowing hard, wiped her mouth and looked at Qu Shiyao.
"Shiyao, have you met and spoken with President Si yet?"
Qu Shiyao, who was just receiving the first skewer of grilled shrimp from Yi Yu, turned around speechlessly upon hearing this:
"You'll have to ask Li Yue. The moment she saw President Si, she rushed over and covered me from head to toe. Even if President Si had just walked by, he probably would have thought it was a completely new crime scene."
"So, Li Yue, if you're going to cover me up, why did you cover my whole body?" she asked, turning to Li Yue who was not far away.
Li Yue awkwardly touched her nose and explained in a low voice:
"The main problem is that the cast on your hand is too conspicuous, and President Si knows about your injury... In my haste, I thought it would be safer to cover it up completely..."
"Shiyao, I think the focus is off." Chen Xu was carefully slicing cucumber into skewers when he heard this, so he looked up at Li Yue:
"We should ask, Li Yue, why did your first reaction upon seeing President Si be to cover our faces? Is it because we're ugly?"
"It's a conditioned reflex! It's purely a conditioned reflex!" Li Yue pleaded.
"I suddenly saw the big boss while I was out having fun. Although he wasn't my direct superior, I instantly wanted to hide! And he was Shiyao's boss, so..."
Her voice grew softer and softer, her head lower and lower, as if she wanted to disappear into a crack in the ground.
"Sister Li! You're amazing!" Zhao Henxi gave Li Yue a thumbs up, her tone full of admiration.
"Sister Li Yue, here, take this to calm your nerves." Yi Yu handed over a skewer of freshly grilled chicken wings, then continued to focus on grilling, though a slight smile couldn't help but appear on her lips.
Li Yue was both amused and exasperated, unsure whether her actions were clever or foolish.
Not far away, Su Wanwan was giving serious instructions to her bodyguard, Tan Zhendong:
"From now on, all the outdoor fabrics in the villa will be replaced with other colors. White is too unlucky."
She was clearly still traumatized by the scene of the three bodies.
Cai Yixuan silently sprinkled chili powder on the skewers in her hand. Looking at the lively and somewhat absurd scene in front of her, a warm smile slowly appeared on her lips.
"Yixuan, I want to eat the biggest grilled octopus! Can you grill it for me?" Zhuang Rou'er leaned over and whispered, pointing to the grill.
"Me too!" Shi Qingqing raised her hand with her eyes shining.
“Okay.” Cai Yixuan nodded, picked up the skewers with a serious expression, as if she had accepted some important mission.
Gao Huixin remained perceptive; she sensed something unusual in Jin Yuxi's question.
The appearance of President Si is most likely related to Qu Shiyao.
She subtly moved her small stool next to Qu Shiyao and asked in a low, mysterious voice, "Shiyao, tell me the truth, what exactly did President Si come here for?"
Qu Shiyao swallowed the shrimp meat in her mouth, looked around, then leaned close to Gao Huixin and whispered:
“Mr. Si is here.” She pointed to her temples. “He might have a problem. And I happen to have some medicine.”
"Really?!" Gao Huixin's eyes widened instantly, her face clearly saying, "Are you kidding me?"
"Absolutely true!" Qu Shiyao nodded emphatically with a serious expression.
[The host is right. Rebirth sounds like something out of one's mind; the explanation of being mentally ill is perfectly reasonable.]
The system nodded in agreement and automatically provided supplementary explanations for the host's words.
Gao Huixin didn't press the matter further. She simply lowered her head and fell into deep thought, already conjuring up eight hundred versions of gossip and rumors about President Si's hidden illness.
That night, all the seafood we brought was devoured, a remarkable achievement, thanks in no small part to the foodies.
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The next day, Qu Shiyao arrived at the CAQ Group building on time on Yi Yu's electric scooter.
Under Yi Yu's worried gaze, she walked into the building with her head held high and chest out, her cast on.
Qu Shiyao, who hadn't been seen for two weeks and insisted on going to work with her leg in a cast, successfully attracted the attention of all her passing colleagues, who all looked at her with admiration.
When she entered the assistant's office on the 66th floor, Lin Weiwei and the others had already arrived.
Qu Shiyao walked to her workstation and silently looked at the brand-new desk, the ergonomic luxury chair, and the exquisite green plants and small ornaments placed next to it.
She turned her head and looked at Su Wanwan's equally luxurious workstation across from her; the setup was exactly the same.
"What? You don't like it?" Su Wanwan gracefully put down her coffee cup and turned to ask.
Qu Shiyao touched the smooth tabletop, finding it incredibly pleasant to the touch, and exclaimed, "Wanwan? Did you decorate this for me? Thank you so much! The feel of it, the aesthetics! Amazing!"
"Seeing that you hadn't been here for so long and it was so dusty, I had someone tidy it up a bit for you." Su Wanwan raised her chin slightly, her tone haughty.
She carefully observed the style of Qu Shiyao's apartment and specially had it decorated in a similar style.
"This isn't just a random tidying up! It's clearly a carefully designed project! I love it! Thank you so much!"
Qu Shiyao sat down and tried out the chair. It was extremely comfortable, and she couldn't help but sigh once again: the power of money is truly real!
Lin Weiwei scoffed inwardly: "Just tidy up whatever you want? Ha! Why don't you tidy up whatever you want for us?"
She wasn't jealous! She just felt that this young lady's preferential treatment was too obvious!
Yes, that must be it!
And when did Qu Shiyao and Su Wanwan become so close? What happened in the past two weeks that she doesn't know about?
Jin Yuxi didn't think too much about it. She slid her office chair to Qu Shiyao's workstation, leaned over the new desk to get a feel for it, and found it quite nice. Then, with a clear purpose, she asked:
"Shiyao, what did Yiyu make for you for breakfast today? I brought some xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), want to trade?"
"Don't think about it," Qu Shiyao said, taking a thermal lunchbox out of her bag.
"Yi Yu said that the barbecue I ate yesterday was too hot and not good for my wound healing, so today he insisted that I drink some light vegetable and lean meat porridge."
She opened the lid, and a light yet appetizing aroma instantly filled the office.
Strangely enough, the simple aroma of the porridge overpowered the fragrance of the elaborate morning tea that Su Wanwan's bodyguard had just placed on the table.
"Shiyao, we bought too much breakfast here, do you want to eat some together?" Su Wanwan invited casually from the front.
Jin Yuxi was the first to react, and her eyes lit up.
Qu Shiyao's porridge was only enough for one person, but the young lady's porridge looked like it had a lot of ingredients!
She immediately looked at Qu Shiyao with longing eyes.
"Really? Then I won't be polite!" Qu Shiyao readily agreed and walked over. Seeing the dazzling array of exquisite tea snacks, she was indeed tempted to eat.
It's not that I don't like Yi Yu's porridge, it's just that people are always curious about good things they haven't tried before.
She picked up a small, delicate lotus-shaped pastry and took a bite. The pastry was layered and melted in her mouth, while the filling was sweet and not greasy.
"This is so delicious!" She finished it in a few bites and looked at Su Wanwan with shining eyes.
"Wanwan, we can't finish all of this. Can we share it with Weiwei and the others?" She winked at Lin Weiwei, who was already stunned.
"That's a bit much indeed." Su Wanwan followed her words, glancing at the others. "Would you like to try some?"
Jin Yuxi was the first to respond to the call and rushed over.
Lin Weiwei originally wanted to turn her head away and refuse to eat for the sake of her pitiful dignity, but out of the corner of her eye she saw that Zhang Li and Wang Qian had already silently gotten up and walked over.
This infuriated her! She could forgive her nemesis Zhang Li, but why did Wang Qian also betray her?
"Senior Lin? Won't you try some? It tastes really good." Qu Shiyao asked, as if she had just noticed that she was standing there.
"I...I already ate breakfast."
Lin Weiwei stiffened her neck and tried her best to maintain her expression: "But it seems like you can't finish it, and it's not good to waste it, so I'll reluctantly try a little."
She found herself an awkward step and then moved over with slightly stiff steps.
And so, a group of people gathered around Su Wanwan's workstation, sharing the expensive morning tea snacks.
Qu Shiyao even brought over her own vegetable and lean meat porridge, and ate it with the exquisite snacks, thoroughly enjoying herself.
"Knock knock knock—"
There was a knock on the office door.
Went pushed open the door and came in.
As soon as he entered, he saw the eldest daughter of the Su family having breakfast, while the other assistants were all gathered around and eating with her!
Wen Yanbin was secretly surprised: When did this young lady become so approachable? Has the sun risen in the west?
But he quickly composed himself and looked at Qu Shiyao, whose cheeks were bulging from eating: "Assistant Qu, President Si wants you to finish what you're doing and go to the president's office."
Qu Shiyao, with half a piece of water chestnut cake still in her mouth, nodded upon hearing this, indicating that she understood.
After delivering the message, Assistant Wen turned to leave.
"Wait!" a voice called out to him.
Su Wanwan crossed her arms, her tone clearly showing dissatisfaction: "What does Sicheng want with Shiyao? It's Monday today, why didn't he come to see me first?" She was putting on airs like a spoiled young lady.
Assistant Wen was already used to this person's difficult behavior and handled it appropriately:
"President Si only asked me to pass on a message; I don't know the specifics. However, President Si instructed that after he finishes talking with Assistant Qu, he will personally invite Miss Su to lunch later."
"Then why didn't he just tell me?" Su Wanwan wasn't so easily dismissed and immediately pressed for an answer, her tone increasingly aggressive.
Assistant Wen's eyes narrowed slightly, sensing that the young lady seemed more difficult to deal with than usual today.
He maintained a professional smile: "Mr. Si wishes to invite Ms. Su in a more formal manner to avoid appearing abrupt or impolite. Please forgive him."
"Alright, I appreciate his sentiment." Su Wanwan was finally somewhat satisfied and waved for him to leave.
Assistant Wen bowed slightly and left the office.
As soon as he left, the office fell silent.
Jin Yuxi and the others ate their snacks in silence, not daring to breathe too loudly, for fear of getting involved in the unspoken confrontation between the two big shots.
Qu Shiyao, however, was completely unaffected and even ate faster.
"I'm finished eating, please enjoy your meal." She put down her clean bowl of porridge and took a tissue to wipe her mouth.
Jin Yuxi looked up and asked softly, "Going now? Aren't we going to dawdle for a bit?"
"It's pointless to drag it out too long, lest he call again to urge us later."
Qu Shiyao took the bowl to the tea room to wash it and put it away. She then waved to the others and said, "I'm going to pay my respects now. You can continue."
As soon as she stepped out of the office, Su Wanwan also put down her chopsticks.
Seeing this, Lin Weiwei and the others held their breath.
Could it be that since Qu Shiyao left, the young lady is no longer willing to let them eat?
"You guys eat your food, why are you staring at me?"
Su Wanwan frowned slightly, then got up and left the office, leaving Jin Yuxi and the other three looking at each other in bewilderment before obediently continuing to eat.
Why not eat it if it's free!
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